Guilt Trip
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Marleau gets it and he won't be a healthy scratch at any time. I expect him to pick it up starting Thursday.
Toronto Maple Leafs vs Boston Bruins - Round 1
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He did score 2 goals in game 7. I expect him to play well. He's been saving himself right?Guilt Trip said:
That third line on paper looks like three guys all having terrible seasons. Let's hope the results start showing up for them. Nylander on the break-ins, Marleau to the net and Kadri in the high slot. I think they have the potential to do some damage.
Marleau gets it and then "tweaks" his back carrying it around. Uh oh LTIR for him.
dappleganger
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If I were a Bruins fan, I would be getting a Gardiner jersey with a "-5" on the back of it.
Strangelove
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Dappleganger said:
It's interesting that Leaf fans are still interested bringing up a game in which everyone (particularly Andersen, with a 0.829 sv%) played terrible.
Until game 7 Gardiner was probably their best defencemen against Boston last year. I expect a similar story this year.
dappleganger
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Strangelove said:
I mean, it's not like it hasn't been all over the sports channels the last couple days. :-\
93forever
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As much as a Leaf fan as I am, and having been one since 1974, there is no way I see the Leafs taking out the Bruins, and I am devastated and saddened by saying that. If the Leafs can somehow upset the Bruins, I would be jumping for joy, but the reality is, every team out there knows how to beat the Leafs - clog up the passing lanes and put pressure on the D. The Leafs never had an answer for that the entire season and every loss I saw this season was a result of teams doing those two things, so I would expect the Bruins to do those same things. For an offensive team, there were too many one goal games - that is the Leafs only scored one goal, and there were a lot of games which the Leafs could not generate a lot of scoring chances so I'm expecting the Bruins to take this in 5.
However, the two wild cards are Kadri and Gardiner. If Kadri can be a pest and create some offense and if Gardiner can stop passing the puck to Bruin players, and actually play defense responsibly, the Leafs will take out the Bruins in 7.
However, the two wild cards are Kadri and Gardiner. If Kadri can be a pest and create some offense and if Gardiner can stop passing the puck to Bruin players, and actually play defense responsibly, the Leafs will take out the Bruins in 7.
Guilt Trip
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Felt sorry for them? Leafs got lucky 46 times? Sounds reasonable to me.Nik the Trik said:
93forever
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Nik the Trik said:
It depends on the style of the other coach, and if the players on the other team can play that style against the Leafs. Take a look at the Leaf losses this past season, and in most of those games, the other team was clogging up the passing lanes and the Leafs never had an answer for that, and never adjusted their play to counter that. Just saying....
LuncheonMeat
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Nik the Trik said:
The Leafs just wanted those ones more than the other team.
OldTimeHockey
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93forever said:
Really? That's the difference between a loss in 5 and a win in 7?
Literally every teams game plan against every other team is to clog up the passing lanes.
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
Yeah. It?s like when people say the book on X butterfly style goalie is go high glove side.
disco
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I don't usually post about what player I'd liked to see used where, as I usually defer to the wisdom of the people in the know, but I'd love to see Matthews, Tavares and Kadri just continually rolled out there and barely using Gauthier. Get Auston and JT up to 20 minutes a night by giving them a couple of shifts with the Brown and Moore. There's just such a drop-off from the top centers to the 4C. I think they'd relish the extra minutes. Just ride those ponies all night long.
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Johnsson-Matthews-Kapanen
Marleau-Kadri-Nylander
Moore-Tavares/Matthews-Brown
Hyman-Tavares-Marner
Johnsson-Matthews-Kapanen
Marleau-Kadri-Nylander
Moore-Tavares/Matthews-Brown
Guilt Trip
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I would agree. If Goat plays close to 10 mins, we're in big trouble. Babs needs to dbl shift the boys in the middle, namely Matthews and JT.disco said:
Guilt Trip said:
Gauthier's been over 10 minutes a night just 14 times in his 70 games this season. Among forwards with over 50 games played this season, he sits dead last in average ice time at just 8:22 a night. So I don't really see that changing in the playoffs.